Wilkins may get piece of Hawks

Published: Friday, June 4, 2004 at 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, June 4, 2004 at 12:00 a.m.

The best player in Atlanta Hawks history plans to join the team's roster of owners.

Dominique Wilkins has been offered a chance to buy a small stake in the Atlanta Spirit partnership that owns the Hawks, the Thrashers and Philips Arena operating rights. He says he'll jump at the opportunity.

"I want to be the best basketball executive that I can and to be part of this ownership group," Wilkins, 44, said. "I want to be as good at that as I was at playing basketball."

uKobe Bryant's lawyers are accusing prosecutors of violating a court order to allow a defense expert to watch laboratory testing of DNA evidence in the NBA star's sexual assault case.

uNykesha Sales scored 20 points to lead the Connecticut Sun (2-2) to a 71-62 WNBA victory over the Charlotte Sting in Uncasville, Conn.

uWisconsin point guard Devin Harris, the Big Ten player of the year, said he would forgo his senior season and enter the NBA draft.

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